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They were nice. They bought me a Coke.

Agree with everything LL said, but would add you could also drive a little ways into Italy. Spent a couple of nights in a town called Menton just across the border and it’s amazing how much the vibe changes from French to Italian in a matter of a few hundred yards, er, I mean meters. Nice is fine but kinda just a run of the mill mid sized French city. Cannes is okay for festivals and art/film things but otherwise, the smaller places along that stretch of the riviera are more interesting and quaint. St Tropez is great for people and boat watching also.

Lose the resonant heads and you have some pretty sweet symphonic toms a la Phil Collins! Gorgeous kit though.

Changing the subject slightly (and don’t get me wrong… I want a one of those cast irons to add to the collection). I bought some ribs today and they were bad when I opened (Trader Joe’s, not the best meat source and you win some and lose some) so had to do a quick pivot. Ended up with some mixed sausages and then decided to try whole wings which I’d never done before. Little dry rub of s/p/g/o and on at 200 for an hour and a half. Then a light toss in some buffalo sauce (not Franks + butter, which would have been way better but was going for lighter and less messy and wanted to have some smoky natural flavor). Back on for 15 at 450 and thusly and therefore:

Rock ‘n’ roll, AUTF! Guitar sounds great (and looks great, too).

You can stuff your sorrys in a sack, mister!

JJ I can’t get the video to open, but from what you’ve described it sounds awesome. Good for them! And good job raising a rocker!

Can’t agree more with JJ and cruser. You need to learn on a real kit. I practice daily on my Roland and an electronic kit is great for keeping limber, recording, playing to music, etc. but learning rudiments and moving around the kit are the fundamentals. And it’s not just a feel thing because higher end electronics have come a long way on head feel (though cymbal feel is crap except for very very top end and even then it’s still just plastic). Even still after 30+ years if I don’t sit behind my real kit weekly, it feels like a transition between the two. BECAUSE… no electronic kit can replicate one of the most critical aspects of learning the instrument - dynamics. Stick control, ghost notes, buzz rolls vs controlled doubles, etc are all learned by combining feel with dynamics. The reason all new drummers sound like they’re banging around loud as shit is because, in fact, they are. Learning dynamics is what evolves them into the musician at their instrument. Also, most important purchase for a new drummer is a practice pad and a book of rudiments. And, yes, earplugs for the whole house.

Narrator: It turns out, they aren’t.

And like that... he was gone.

Oh, and agree completely on the 14" depth on a 22" kick. It's incredibly versatile for a diameter that large. I had a 24" x 22" at one time and it sounded amazing..... for the exactly ONE tuning it was capable of (and even that was with a shitload of dampening).

Damn, can't wait to see pics of this new kit! And I love 2 up and 2 down because you can shuffle it up for whatever your situation. I ultimately started playing 1 up and 1 down almost exclusively because that's the easiest to set up on a stage in a hurry. But I do sometimes still play all my toms at home (3 up and 2 down) just for fun. My standard in a recoding context is 1 up and 2 down. Damn it... now I'm about to click on Sweetwater.

What typical? Gimme typical…. Gimme some typical! Also the George ketchup squirt in that scene is one of my all time favorite physical comedy acts in the whole show.

Really appreciate the replies. I’m pretty excited to get out there. And definitely leaning 12ga. I haven’t had one in over a decade and hadn’t been out in the field in longer than that. But we moved out of the big city to the “country” in CT and joined a field club that has a really active sport shooting component. I’ll definitely check out the A300 and 400. And a few others. Supply doesn’t seem to be too decimated but prices are definitely higher than even a lot of the reviews list everything at. Since I literally haven’t bought any firearm in the internet era, what’s the best used marketplace? And just like that, I’m down a huge rabbit hole on yet another new hobby! (Eg, excuse to buy cool shit!)

I don't want to derail the this thread at all, but I do have a quick question that I guess this is the best place to ask.... Any recommendations for a good 12 or 20 ga shotgun that can do double duty as a target (mostly trap/skeet) and as a dove/pheasant gun? I'm open to semi-auto or O/U and am hoping to keep it under $1500 (or $1000) if possible.

Sounds like he runs a real tight ship.

That crap is a stroke of genius!

You know honey, for an unadvertised sale you’re doing a lot of yapping about it!

Check out them electronic drums!

So many good ones here. And that Joni performance is just amazing. But as I scrolled through this thread, I am floored that one of the all-time greatest isn’t mentioned: Patty Griffin.

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Username spot on!

The fact that you’re calling making love “Pop Pop” tells me you’re not ready.

Do you play in Steely Dan?!